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Joubert.
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Some of the "Thoughts" of
Joseph Joubert.
translated by
George H. Calvert,
author of "First Years in Europe," "The Gentleman," etc.
Preceded by a Notice of Joubert
by the Translator
Also includes newspaper clippings attached to the endpapers of various reviews of the book and a curious blurb about lectures given in Boston by Charles Eliot Norton.
copyright 1866
CONTENTS
NOTICE OF JOSEPH JOUBERT
I. OF GOD, CREATION, ETERNITY, PIETY, RELIGION
II. THE CHAPTERS. (LES CHAPITRES)
III. OF MAN, OF ORGANS, THE SOUL AND THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES
IV. OF THE NATURE OF MINDS
V. OF THE PASSIONS AND THE AFFECTIONS OF THE SOUL
VI. WHAT IS MODESTY?
VII. OF THE DIFFERENT AGES, OF LIFE, DISEASE, AND DEATH
VIII. OF THE FAMILY AND OF HOME, OF SOCIETY, CONVERSATION, POLITENESS, AND MANNERS
IX. OF WISDOM, VIRTUE, MORALITY, RULE, AND DUTY
X. OF ORDER AND CHANCE, OF GOOD AND EVIL, OF TRUTH AND ERROR
XI. OF PHILOSOPHY, OF METAPHYSIC, OF ABSTRACTIONS, OF LOGIC, OF SYSTEMS; OF SPACE, OF
TIME, OF LIGHT, OF AIR, ETC.
XII. OF GOVERNMENTS AND CONSTITUTIONS; OF LIBERTY, OF JUSTICE AND THE LAWS; OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MORALS, OF THE CHARACTER OF NATIONS
XIII. OF ANTIQUITY; OF THE AGE
XIV. OF EDUCATION; OF THE FINE ARTS; OF POETRY; OF STYLE
XV. OF THE QUALITIES OF THE WRITER, AND OF LITERARY COMPOSITION
XVI. LITERARY JUDGMENTS
Joseph Joubert (1754 – 1824 ) was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées (Thoughts), which were published posthumously.
George Henry Calvert (1803 – 1889) was an American editor, essayist, dramatist, poet, and biographer.
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